Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-19

S1mpllclty THAI gu AlleZd wanted QeI u
wash dishes in the palace kitchen.
SANTA ANA TRIES IT HIMSELF.
Although the President continued to ride
past several times every day, and never
failed TO look in long and earnestly, Senora
Tosta hoped she had effectually settled the
matter and saved her little g Lola.
Thus fortnight passed, when one morn
ing the Dictator himself walked into the
humble room. Lola. now thoroughly
frightened, fled into a back room anc
crawled under the bed. Sonora Tosta, brave
as iioness in defense of her young. did
not return the courteous salutation of the
President, but with flashing eyes and arms
azimbo, began lecturing him in this wise
You you who ought TO be the father Of
the people, to try to rob widowed mother
of her daughter
Listen to me, my good woman, blandly
commenced Santa Ana
/ won't listen to you she retorted.
"Then will send my private Secretary
to explain that my intention is to -
"Tll scald him if he ever enters my
door," screamed the mother land I'll
complain to the Archbishop -
"Then, you old vixen" shouted the Die
tator, tell his Eminence that mean to
marry Dolores"
81 cannot tell his Grace lie" flashed
Madame Tosta.
Santa Ana was never renowned for pa
tience and now his small stock was quite
exhausted, Finding that no solicitation
could induce Lola to come out from under
the bed, he turned to the mother in tower.
ing rage and cried You - idiot
will send my private chaplain to propose
for Dolores in due form. for | tell you
SHE SHALL BE MY wIFEw
Then mounting his horse he dashed furi
ously away.
Sonora Tosta sank into chair overcome
with terror. She had no idea that the ruler
meant to marry her daughter, but was sure
he would seize the poor child and as tc
her own fate-to be cast into a dungeon fol
life, or to be tortured to death in one o.
those secret chambers of the Inquisition ot
which she had heard such horrible stories
was the mildest punishment her excited
fancy could conceive. The terrified Lola
crept to her mothers side, sobbing bitterly
and expecting every moment that a squad
of soldiers would come to shoot her pro-
tector and to drag herself away.
After hours of agonizing suspense priest
arrived. AT sight of him Lola screamed in
widest terror, supposing that he had come
to prepare the Dictator's victims for execu-
ton; but when the Padre smiled and pat
ted her on the head she concluded they
were only to be imprisoned what was
her profound establishment when she
learned that the ruler of Mexico really de-
sired her for his wife.
Six months were allowed her in which
to prepare for the great change, when a
regal rousseau was provided by the impa
tient lover, and on her thirteenth birthday
Dolores became the Dictator's bride. A
s. anish lady, through whose veins coursed
the bluest blood of CASTLE, but who had
been impoverished by Mexican revolutions,
was appointed lady of honor" in attend
ance upon the young wife, to teach her Ell
quette, etc., and six high-born maidens
formed her suite. A military guard was
organized for her especial protection called
Los Mosquetoras de Su Alicia" whose
only duty was to escort my la3y's carriage.
These musketeers wore peculiar uniform
of light blue CLOTH embroidered with silver
thread, their sombreros being pale gray,
garnished with silver cord.
HoHoRs To LITTLE lola
The Dictator required all persons to treat
little Lola with the Difference due to a
Queen; and to address her only as " Su
Alteza "-Your Highness. How great the
change for the Mexican Cinderella! Diff
cult, indeed, must have been the role of
First Lady of the Land " TOR the unso-
phisticated child who six months before
had never worn shoe or stocking-though
directed by the Castilian dame and sup
ported by her wise mother, whom it is said
Santa Ana now greatly respected for the
course she had pursued. At first the dszed
Dolores regarded the palace as a sort of
wonderland, and her august husband as
good-natured gnome, to be as much feared
as respected. And even more perplexing
were the mysteries of reading, writing and
music in which she was instructed by vari-
GUS teachers who were at once appointed
to form part of her household When she
condescended to attend the opera her
mosquetoras surrounded the carriage on
splendidly caparisoned horses, each man
carrying a flaming torch in his left hand.
When her coach arrived at its destination,
lackevs sprang TO spread velvet carpet for
her feet to walk upon, while pages bore her
train, maids of honor carried her fan, cloak
and opera-glasses, and the proudest hidal-
Cos of Spain and Mexico bowed humbly
before her When she attended mass,
priests left the altar to receive her al the
door of the Cathedral and conduct her to a
seat; and when the services were ended
the clergy and acolytes, bearing cross and
lighted tapers, accompanied her to the
pavement and stood in respectful attitude
till her coach drove away.
TRUE IN ADVERSELY.
To her credit, be it said that when Santa
Ana lost prestige and power and was ban
ished from Mexico, his young wife proved
a devoted woman. In 1874, the exiled
hero-then old, broken in health and
bowed in spirit-received permission from
the Mexican Government to return to his
native land, and during the remainder of
his life Dolores was his only solace,
doing all in her power to alleviate his
mental and physical sufferings. His once
CO ossal fortune having taken wings in the
West Indies, they now lived very plainly,
sometimes lacking the necessaries of life.
Those who had fawned most in other days
now utterly ignored them, and the fallen
Dictator was not only forgotten by men upon
whom he had conferred immense favors,
but even his favorite Generals and military
chieftains assumed airs of virtuoss patriot
ism, and disclaimed all intercourse with
the man whom it was now the fashion to
call traitor.
After Santa Ana's death his family recov-
cred some of their former possessions, and
again his widow found herself in affiuence.
She owned a handsome residence in the
City of Mexico and pretty suburban villa
in Tacubaya. Her wardrobes were crowded
with silk, satin and velvet gowns,
THE RELICS OF REGAL DAYS.
Her laces alone constituted fortune, and
she still retained costly sets of diamonds,
pearls and emeralds. But when the slim
illus of the old Generals ambition was
gone, Mrs. Santa Ana became too inane to
sustain social position. Her apathy was